Netley Castle, Flat 2, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA

Netley Castle is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Netley Abbey, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 5FA). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. At 159 m² this is the 8th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Netley Castle, where floor areas span 64–198 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (79 versus a worst of 46). The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good.

At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £882,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£516/sq ft) was about 22.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.